Course Process

Sound is around us; it is part of our life. We use the information which we get, sometimes even without paying attention to it.

This effect happens because “a healthy young human listener can hear a range of sounds from about 20 Hz to approximately 20,000 Hz, depending on its loudness. We are, however, more sensitive to certain frequencies within that spectrum, in particular for frequencies that fall within the normal range for speech which is about 2,000 Hz to 4,000 Hz.

In the following quiz, you will hear different examples of sounds which might be not used nowadays. Try to name them.